The registration desk will open Sunday afternoon, with a hosted Welcome Reception Sunday evening. Monday thru Thursday afternoons there will be parallel open sessions for slide and poster presentations of papers dealing with the effects of changes in magnitude and direction of the force environment on the physiology and behaviour of humans, animals, plants and cells. The effects of weightlessness during spaceflight, acute and chronic acceleration, impact, vibration and the various forms of simulated evolutionary consequences of gravity and the role of gravity in the manifestations of scale effects in animals and plants. Monday thru Thursday mornings there will be half-day plenary symposia with invited papers covering the following topics:

• Current Concepts in Gravitational Physiology
• Effects of Gravity on Biological Rhythms and Sleep
• Effects of Gravity on Metabolism
• Aspects of Physiology of EVA

There will be a City Reception and Gala Banquet on Wednesday evening and an all day Tour of the Loire Valley on Friday.

Programme Overview

Day 1 - Monday, 23 June 2008

08:45-09:15	Welcome & Opening
09:15-10:45	Plenary: Current Concepts in Gravitational Physiology
10:45-11:15	Coffee break
11:15-12:30	Plenary: Current Concepts in Gravitational Physiology
12:30-14:00	Lunch break & Poster Session (13:00-14:00)
	Session 1	Session 2	Session 3
14:00-15:30	Physiological changes induced by short to long term space flight	Bones physiology (1)	Effects of radiations
15:30-16:00	Coffee break
16:00-17:30	Operational aspect for space flight from present to future	Bones physiology (2)	EMCS Experiments

Day 2 - Tuesday, 24 June 2008

08:30-10:30	Plenary: Effect of Gravity on Biological Rythms and Sleep
10:30-11:00	Coffee break
11:00-12:15	Young Researcher Oral Presentation (1)
12:15-14:00	Lunch break & Poster Session (13:00-14:00)
	Session 1	Session 2	Session 3
14:00-15:30	Cardiovascular Physiology	Plant physiology (1)	Technology in biology (1)
15:30-16:00	Coffee break
16:00-17:30	Skin and thermoregulation	Plant physiology (2)	Technology in biology (2)

Day 3 - Wednesday, 25 June 2008

08:30-10:30	Plenary: Effects of Gravity on Metabolism
10:30-11:00	Coffee break
11:00-12:15	Young Researcher Oral Presentation (2)
12:15-14:00	Lunch break & Poster Session (13:00-14:00)
	Session 1	Session 2	Session 3
14:00-15:30	Blood cells, immunology & microbiology	Large Radius Human Centrifuge	Muscle and metabolism physiology
15:30-16:00	Coffee break
16:00-17:30	Cell biology	Countermeasures and rehabilitation	Rodents models

Day 4 - Thursday, 26 June 2008

08:30-10:30	Plenary: Aspects of Physiology of EVA
10:30-11:00	Coffee break
11:00-12:15	Young Researcher Oral Presentation (3)
12:15-14:00	Lunch break & Poster Session (13:00-14:00)
	Session 1	Session 2	Session 3
14:00-15:30	Brain and neuro-vestibular physiology (1)	Biosatelite Foton M3 (1)	Technology and space agency perspectives
15:30-16:00	Coffee break
16:00-17:30	Brain and neuro-vestibular physiology (2)	Biosatelite Foton M3 (2)	Education session